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shall_v preserve_v us._n for_o to_o keep_v they_o without_o his_o spirit_n be_v no_o keep_v of_o they_o â–ª_o but_o plain_a hypocrisy_n and_o dissimulation_n the_o lord_n have_v set_v before_o we_o both_o fire_n and_o water_n life_n and_o death_n good_a and_o evyll_n that_o be_v asmuch_o to_o say_v as_o he_o have_v set_v before_o we_o the_o keep_a of_o his_o divine_a will_n and_o pleasure_n and_o also_o the_o transgression_n &_o offend_n of_o the_o same_o will_n he_o have_v set_v before_o we_o eternal_a health_n and_o everla_a perdition_n to_o whether_o of_o these_o we_o will_v leâ—_n we_o reach_v forth_o our_o hand_n if_o so_o be_v that_o we_o do_v choose_v to_o apprehend_v the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n be_v bind_v in_o the_o wing_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o fornication_n &_o falsheade_n we_o shall_v have_v death_n and_o perdition_n of_o our_o soul_n without_o remedy_n if_o we_o do_v apply_v ourselves_o to_o the_o will_n and_o commandment_n of_o the_o lord_n by_o the_o 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